Hybrid

While the Q50 Eau Rouge is currently the car I’m most excited about in the hopper at Infiniti, this futuristic concept car certainly has piqued my curiosity. The top-of-the-line Q80 concept is a four-door hybrid that looks really, really long and lean.

Sport Auto put their Test Editor, Christian Gebhardt, behind the wheel of a BMW i8, the three-cylinder hybrid sports car, and let him see what it could do on the Hockenheimring circuit in Germany. Putting the hybrid car, which generates a combined 362 hp, through its paces through the 17 turns of the 2.8-mile track turns out to be pretty impressive.

Jay Leno received the first McLaren P1 to be delivered to the United States. McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt dropped by Leno’s garage to talk about creating the new P1 supercar. Only 375 of the highly anticipated car will be built and deciding on that number was a difficult decision after selling fewer McLaren F1s than expected, but the P1 is now sold out with a waiting list. 

EVO recently had the chance to get behind the seat of Ferrari’s entry into the hybrid hypercar arena, the LaFerrari. Driven by a massive naturally-aspirated 6.3-liter V12 engine, paired with a 164hp electric motor, the car can push out as much as 963 horsepower, and 664 lb-ft.

Volvo has revealed a new plug-in hybrid ahead of its debut at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show. The gasoline-electric hybrid, officially dubbed the Volvo S60L Petrol Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (or S60L PPHEV) is based on the long-wheelbase S60L sedan and will be offered exclusively in the China market.

Inspired by elements of classic Alfa Romeos, the Doppiezza concept is the labor of love of a team of industrial design students, including Emeric Baubant, Benoit Viguier, Charlie Fournier, Aurelien Deleuze, Mathilde Ampe, Romain Mivelle and Djihad Itoumaine.

The Ford Fusion is one of my favorite mid-size cars of the last few years. From the minute you lay your eyes on the car’s muscular exterior, you can tell that Ford really stepped up their game with the Fusion when they redesigned it last year.

In this short video, BMW explains the design intentions behind its stunning i8 plug-in hybrid 2+2. From its high-tech front end, to its layered geometric body lines, to its amazingly designed scissor doors which take up no more space than a regular car door, the BMW i8 will definitely draw attention as it rolls swiftly and quietly down the road.

Autosport managed to score a very special face-to-face with Nissan’s hybrid electric ZEOD RC Le Mans race car on the track.  UK Formula 3 racer Jann Mardenborough was the lucky driver who got to sit behind the controls.

Toyota debuted the four-seat, fuel cell powered FCV Concept at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. The vehicle has an electric engine powered by electricity generated via a hydrogen fuel cell. The FCV Concept joins the ranks of the Honda FCEV and the Hyundai Tucson fuel cell vehicles we’ve also seen recently.

The McLaren P1 is the unofficial successor to the incredible supercar the McLaren F1. The P1 is a 903 horsepower plug-in hybrid costing $1.15 million and McLaren brought it to the historic track outside Nürburg, Germany with the sole purpose of setting a sub-seven second lap time.

Automotive and yacht designer Timur Bozca’s concept car might have a name that sounds like a bar of soap, but we still think that it’s got a truly special industrial design. The vehicle is designed to seamlessly blend both masculine and feminine desires, with a mix of sporty dynamic design, performance, and a comfortable interior.

Jaguar has definitely stepped up its game in the past couple of years, but we still wish they had actually gone through with production of the C-X75 concept, which first reared it’s head back in 2010.

The 2014 Cadillac ELR is the company’s extended range electric vehicle, with an electric drivetrain supplemented by a gas-powered generator. Based on the Chevrolet Volt, the Cadillac not only looks more luxurious, Cadillac also has upgraded nearly everything about the car.

With a hybrid drivetrain capable of pushing out a total of 377 horsepower, this version of Acura’s otherwise average RLX sedan could give it the kick in the pants it needs. It’ll be powered by a 3.5-liter V6 along with three motors, a single 35kW motor up front, and a pair of 27kW motors driving the rear wheels.